io STATISTICAL ^URVEY 



Between Omagh and Dromore, dUVance about 

 feven miks, the lands are, in general, light and 

 gentle, very much undulated. In many parts the 

 foil inclines to a reddiih colour, a great indication 

 of fertility. Potatoes, flax, and oats, are the prin- 

 cipal crops i in fome fpots barley ; about the towa 

 of Dromore, the foil is not calculated for the lat- 

 ter. Limeftone is fcarce ; but as far as lime has 

 been tried, it has been found to anfwer extremely 

 well. Vaft quantities -of afhes are made from the 

 peaty foils, which are iri this direction tolerably 

 plenty, though the bogs are not numerous or ex- 

 tenfive. 



Lime/tone is not found nearer to Dromore than 

 the parifh of Longfield, which abounds in that ar- 

 ticle, but the want of good roads renders it pre- 

 carious, and of courfe very expenfive. 



From Dromore to Fintona, diftance about five 

 miles, light foil ; appears extremely well calculated 

 for fheep, as the fubftratum is in general fand and 

 gravel, which, of courfe, render the furface found 

 and wholefomc. Crops ; potatoes, oats, and flax, or 

 rather potatoes, flax, and oats in rotation, becaufe 

 in few fituations, in this courfe, flax will not anfwer, 

 unlefs fown immediately after potatoes, which is 

 almoft univerfaliy the cafe in their mountainy foils. 

 Two crops of oats in fuch fituarions are ufually 

 taken off after flax, which is wrong, as the laft 

 crop is frequently not worth reaping. 



Between 



